D1.ticker Top Ten - the most clicked stories of the past week |
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#10: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Chad Bishop writes on more potential candidates at Georgia Tech: Purdue Deputy AD/SWA Tiffini Grimes, Rice AD Tommy McClelland, Florida Atlantic AD Brian White, LSU Deputy AD/COO Keli Zinn & Yellow Jackets Executive Assoc. AD/Executive Director of Development Robby Poteat. (link)
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#9: Miami (FL) Football Strength & Conditioning Coordinator Aaron Feld has left the program, noting “At the end of the day, my wife and kids deserve more from me than my circumstances allowed, so the only course of action was to change my circumstances. Failing as a husband and a father will never be an option.” (link)
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#8: Here is a unique change to EA Sports College Football 26 - beginning with this new edition, which will be released July 10, all 136 FBS schools that opted into the game will be compensated by their popularity with gamers. Meaning royalties will be directly tied to how often the teams are used in game play. Previously, royalty allocations for the game were broken down into four tiers based on teams' real-life, on-field success. Check out the full list of schools by tier from the game’s return last year. (link)
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#7: Army West Point AD Tom Theodorakis takes a tour of the Michie Stadium renovation. Take a look. (link) |
#6: NCAA President Charlie Baker tells Yahoo’s Ross Dellenger the NCAA is prepared to make its first payment to former athletes as required by the House settlement. Dellenger reports the organization has $285M sitting in escrow awaiting the court’s permission to distribute. Baker also tells Dellenger he did not attend the two-day Michigan infractions hearing last week but received a report. “It was a thorough hearing of the issues, and everybody that wanted to speak their piece, for the most part, got it.” He expects a ruling in 30-90 days. Additionally, Baker says the NCAA believes that international college athletes can receive revenue-share from their schools in the new era, though the organization “still has some work to do” on assuring this is the case. (link)
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#5: Florida A&M AD Angela Suggs released the following statement after news broke of her arrest: “Regarding the charges recently brought against me in connection with my previous place of employment, I want to make it clear that these matters are entirely unrelated to Florida A&M University or my current role. I am fully committed to addressing these allegations through the appropriate legal channels. I regret the distraction caused, and I am deeply grateful for the unwavering support, fervent prayers, and continued encouragement I've received during this most difficult time. I remain focused, resilient, and committed to our shared goals and determined to fulfill our ongoing, planned, and collective success." (link)
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#4: SBJ’s Ben Portnoy and Chris Smith broke some key news this morning: “Elevate is set to announce the creation of the Collegiate Investment Initiative, a $500M initiative backed by PE firm Velocity Capital Management and the Texas Permanent School Fund.” Chief Business Officer of Elevate College and Global Marketplace Jonathan Marks: “One of the needs that we’ve seen that’s gone unfulfilled is the need for project-based or bridge capital that a school might not be able to achieve within the university debt structure or via bonds. We’re looking more to provide debt-type capital or credit, [and] that ultimately we can help a school monetize that investment and that return on capital more than anyone else.” Elevate’s strategy, Portnoy & Smith add, is to “support cash-strapped athletic departments without requiring equity commitments or short-term exit strategies typically deployed by private equity firms. Instead, these disbursements can be long-term deals secured by a percentage of future, incremental revenues.” (link)
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#3: Georgia Tech President Angel Cabrera emphasizes “speediness” in the hire of a new AD for the Yellow Jackets. More: “The interest for this position is extremely, extremely high. This is going to be more of a question of deciding what is the right profile for this point of time for Georgia Tech?” University board members Mark Teixeira, David Rowland and Ron Johnson will assist with vetting candidates with “different stakeholders” from the campus community also meeting with the finalists. (link)
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#2: TCU Assoc. AD for Strategic/Football Communications Mark Cohen indicates his role has been eliminated due department restructuring. (link) |
#1: U.S District Court Judge Claudia Wilken has approved the House Settlement. Yahoo’s Ross Dellenger has all the details including, “Power conference leaders are targeting a Major League Baseball executive to manage the College Sports Commission as CEO, multiple sources tell Yahoo Sports. Bryan Seeley, a former assistant U.S. attorney who has served for more than a decade as MLB’s vice president of investigations and deputy general counsel, is believed to be the preferred candidate for the CEO role of college sports’ new enforcement entity.” (link); Here’s the full settlement opinion by U.S. District Court Judge Claudia Wilken. (link)
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